{"id":149,"date":"2017-08-12T17:24:54","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T00:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0023\/?p=149"},"modified":"2017-08-12T17:31:55","modified_gmt":"2017-08-13T00:31:55","slug":"research-dissemination-post-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0023\/research-dissemination-post-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Dissemination – Post 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

The copyright officer at Royal Roads University (RRU), Melanie Wrobel, answered questions in a Blackboard Collaborate recording, and this blog post will discuss some of the main points.<\/p>\n

An RRU copyright officer reviews course readings to ensure that they are in compliance with the copyright act and tests readings links to ensure they work and go to the appropriate databases.<\/p>\n

Copyright law depends on the country you’re in. In Canada, works do not need a copyright statement as copyright is the default, and copyright duration is usually the life of the author plus 50 years.<\/p>\n

Copyright fair use, or fair dealing<\/a> as it’s called in Canadian copyright law, allows exceptions<\/a> to copyright law. If you are using a copyright-protected work for\u00a0research, private study, criticism, review, news reporting, education, satire, or parody, your use of the copyrighted work may quality for fair dealing. Use of the copyright-protected work must also be considered fair as per a set of criteria<\/a>, such as the purpose, character, and amount of the dealing.<\/p>\n

Guidelines for fair dealing<\/a>\u00a0have a number of allowances including up to 10% of a copyright-protected work or one chapter from a book. It’s suggested that if in doubt permission should be requested.<\/p>\n

Since databases might charge for thesis access, permission will need to be obtained before using any copyright-protected content prior to publication of a thesis.<\/p>\n

RRU thesis-related links with copyright information:<\/p>\n